November 22, 2007
Penn-Co Construction Canada Ltd
Head Office:
16 Center Ave
Blumenort MB R0A 0C0
Tel: 204-326-1341
Fax: 204-326-4967
Email: dan.reimer@mb.penn-co.com
Website: www.penn-co.com
Date of Incorporation: 1959
Key Personnel: Ernest G. Penner, President; Dan Reimer, Vice President of Operations; Dave Caron, CA, Vice President, Administration
Nature of Ownership: Private
Principal Owners: Ernest G. Penner
Volume: $835,198,220
Corporate Profile: Established in 1959 by Abram K. Penner and his two sons, Penn-Co began as a small farm based logging operation near the village of Blumenort, Manitoba, approximately thirty miles southeast of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Since the inception of the company, the Manitoba branch office and head office have been located in Blumenort. Over the years Penn-Co has successfully completed projects from Ontario to British Columbia as well as in Minnesota, Nebraska and North Carolina. Currently the company’s primary geographic markets include Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and northwestern Ontario.
—updated November, 2007
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